Telephone-receiver holder



A. J. DIEBOLD.

TELEPHONE RECEIVER HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.Z, 1919.

1,345,839. P nted July 6, 1920.

WITNESSES INVENTOR UNITED STATES? ALFRED J. DIEBOLD, 0F PITTSBURGH, PENNSYVLANIA.

TELEPHONE-RECEIVER HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 6, 1920.

Application filed April 2, 1919. Serial No. 286,924.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED J. Dninonn, a resident of Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Telephone-Receiver Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to an attachment for standard telephone receivers arranged to support the telephone receiver from the users shoulder with the receiver in contact with the ear, whereby the user is enabled to listen in and still have both hands free, and which support does not interfere with the suspension of the telephone receiver from the telephone hook in the usual way.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is an elevation showing a standard desk set with one form of the attachment connected to the receiver, and Fig. 2 is a view of the attachment looking in a direction at right angles to the View of Fig. 1.

In the drawing 1 represents the usual desk telephone stand carrying on its upper end the transmitter 2, and provided with the usual pivoted hook 3 for suspending the receiver 4. The receiver illustrated is a standard form in wide use, and is of a nature that it must be held with one hand while carrying on a telephone conversation. It frequently happens that the party using the telephone must refer to documents and other matters during the conversation, and with one hand occupied in holding the receiver this frequently becomes diilicult. In fact it frequently becomes necessary to lay down the receiver and thus int rrupt the conversation while hunting for documents or making memoranda, or the like. The purpose of my invention is to provide such standard telephone receivers with means whereby it can be supported from the shoulder of the user and leave both hands free.

The support is arranged to project beyond the outer end of the telephone receiver and slightly to one side, so that when its outer end rests upon the users shoulder the inner end of the telephone receiver is held in contact with the car. This support may be variously formed and secured to the tele phone receiver in various ways. As shown the support 5 is provided with a widened outer end portion 6 which is curved so as to fit on the shoulder, and has a shank portion 7 provided with a clamp 8 arranged to encircle the telephone receiver and be clamped thereto, such as by means of a clamping screw 9 connecting perforated ears 10 on the clamp. Many other means for securing the supporting member of the telephone receiver can obviously be used. The clamp connection shown permits the support to be adjusted longitudinally on the telephone receiver so that it can be made convenient for various persons. The support projects considerably beyond the outer end of the receiver and to one side thereof, thereby providing an extension of sufiicient length and so offset as to firmly hold the telephone receiver against the car from the shoulder of the user. In order that this support does not interfere with hanging the receiver on the hook 3 in the usual way the shank 5 preferably is offset as at 11, in order to clear the hook 3.

In the use of the telephone with this attachment the receiver will be placed against the ear in the usual way with the supporting member on the lower side thereof, which will bring the end 6 of the sup port in position so that it will rest upon the shoulder, and by a slight lifting of the shoulder the receiver can be held firmly against the ear, thus leaving both hands free.

The attachment can obviously be made of various forms and of any suitable material and secured to the telephone receiver in various ways. If desired the portion resting on the users shoulder can be roughened or covered with felt or other material to prevent it from slipping.

I claim:

The combination with a standard tele phone receiver comprising an elongate body having the receiving diaphragm at one end and conductor terminals at its outer end, of a substantially rigid supporting member attached to said body member and projecting therefrom beyond said outer end of the re ceiver in the same general line of extent of the receiver but slightly laterally therefrom, the outer end of said member being provided with a shoulder rest whereby the telephone receiver may be held between an ear and shoulder of a user solely by urging said ear and shoulder toward each other against said rest and the diaphragm end of the receiver.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

ALFRED J. DIEBOLD. Witness:

Amen A. TRILL. 

